Feelings Fitness Podcast
Raising a family can be emotionally overwhelming. Managing the logistics of a household can be such a grind. Life in general can be extremely exhausting. Can you relate? Many families feel overwhelmed by the fast pace of family life. Enter yoga and mindfulness. Let The Feelings Fitness Podcast be your guide to understanding what yoga and mindfulness is and how it can help your family. Allow Feelings Fitness to show you how simple yoga sequences, yogic philosophy, and mindfulness practices can help on the home front. By using The Feelings Fitness hacks you can create a peace living space and a calm mindset for your family. Each week we will dive into how to make your home life more functional. You will learn how to use these yoga and mindfulness practices to guide you through the seasons of life. After listening to each episode, you will walk away with yoga and mindfulness tools and lots of inspiration. You will be all set to move through the fast pace of family life with intention and ease.Your host, Suzanne Bazarko, is a registered yoga teacher, licensed professional counselor, certified mindfulness practitioner, and mom of two. She created Feelings Fitness as a vehicle to share with you what she has learned from raising her own family and how yoga and mindfulness has helped along the way.
Episodes
240 episodes
Stop Carrying It All: Motherhood Was Never Meant to Be a Solo Mission
Ever feel like you're drowning in the invisible parts of motherhood that nobody talks about? That constant mental processing, emotional regulation, and anticipation of everyone's needs—it's exhausting. And yet, most of us carry this weight sile...
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7:21
Finding Connection Through Loss: Navigating the Existential Crisis of Grief
Have you ever felt that strange paradox where grief can break your heart wide open while somehow creating space for deeper connection? That's exactly what we're exploring today.Losing my mom three years ago wasn't just about missing her...
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When Mother's Day Brings Both Tears and Laughter: A Grief Journey
Grief holds a strange power over time. It expands, contracts, and weaves itself into celebrations meant for joy – particularly on days like Mother's Day. For those of us navigating motherhood after losing our own mothers, the day arrives with a...
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232. Growing Through Grief: Mother's Day
Navigating the tender complexities of Mother's Day after loss is a journey no one should walk alone. As I open up about Mother's Day without my mom, you'll be invited into a space where acknowledging our feelings becomes a transformative practi...
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231. Growing Through Grief: Things I Wish I Told My Mother
The journey of grief is a path paved with unspoken words and lingering memories, a theme poignantly captured in 'Things I Wish I Told my Mother.' As I opened the pages of Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo's moving narrative, the echoes of my ow...
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230. Growing Through Grief: Confession
As I open the pages of my heart, revealing the scars left by the loss of my mom, this episode is a testament to the healing that comes from embracing our grief and regrets. My journey through mourning has been marked by moments of profound self...
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229. Growing Through Grief: The 5 Regrets of the Dying
Embarking on a journey through the heart's deepest valleys, I find myself uncovering treasures amidst grief's shadow. In my latest exploration, I invite listeners to join me as we wade through the five stages of loss with Taylor Swift's music a...
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228. Growing Through Grief: The 5 Stages of Grief
As we traverse the heart-wrenching path of mourning, today's segment of Growing Through Grief exposes the raw emotions of losing my mother. My voice may tremble, but my story unfolds the agonizing steps through denial, anger, bargaining, depres...
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227. Growing Through Grief: Powerful Places
Charleston, South Carolina: a tapestry of history and the backdrop to memories of a love that transcends time. Embark with me on an emotional expedition as I revisit the cobblestone memories of my late mother, reliving the cherished traditions ...
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226. Growing Through Grief: Linking Objects
Have you ever clutched an object that instantly transported you back to a cherished moment with a loved one? Our latest episode in the Growing Through Grief series gently unwraps the emotional layers surrounding linking objects, those precious ...
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225. Growing Through Grief: Gifts of Grief
As I blow out the candles this year, the glow is bittersweet; my heart aches for my mother, who always crafted magical birthdays. Yet, her love lingers in the traditions she bestowed—like the cherished birthday corner—that now resonate deeply i...
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224. The Roadmap to Personal Evolution Over Fifty-Two Weeks
Have you ever marveled at the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly? That breathtaking transformation is akin to our 52-week expedition towards personal growth in home, health, happiness, and habits—a journey we're compressing into an...
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223. Transformative Techniques for Effective Time Use
Ever caught yourself wondering where the hours go? This week's Feelings Fitness episode will transform your relationship with the clock, as I take you through my own journey of mastering time management. With life's pace quickening, especially ...
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222. Navigating Success with SMART Objectives
Embark on a mission to conquer the holiday hustle and glide into the new year with a winning strategy for success. I'll take you through the art of crafting SMART goals, providing a roadmap to achieve your aspirations in 2024 with precision and...
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9:56
221. Crafting Your Future: Assembling a Vision Board to Illuminate Your Path
Have you ever felt the powerful pull of a vision that's purely your own, crafted from your deepest desires and aspirations? That's the journey we're guiding you through this week, as we put a creative spin on manifesting your future. This episo...
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220. Embracing Love and Legacy: Thanksgiving Memories and Spiritual Healing After Loss
As I stepped through the familiar doorway of my childhood home, the air was heavy with both nostalgia and loss; Thanksgiving this year marked not just a gathering of family, but also a poignant remembrance of my mother. The house, still echoing...
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219. Reflections from the Yoga Mat on Life, Loss, and Spiritual Continuity
Embarking on a spiritual odyssey, I found myself confronting the essence of emotion and character within the soul - all framed by the loss of my dearest mother. This week's reflection is steeped in the profound respect for spirit as we weave th...
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6:51
218. Celebrating a Year of Transformation: The Joy of Healthy Habits and Their Impact on Mind, Body, and Spirit
Embark on a transformative health odyssey with us as we reflect on a year's worth of cultivating vibrant well-being. Imagine seamlessly integrating life-enhancing habits into your daily routine—nourishing meals that delight your taste buds, rej...
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217. Navigating the Path to Mental Wellness with Practical Mindset Tools
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by stress and wished there was a simple, effective way to manage it? Join us on a journey back to the powerful strategies we explored in our 52-week road trip for mind, body, and spirit fitness. This week, we're h...
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216. Cultivating Enduring Practices for Year-Round Wellness
As we bid farewell to October on Feelings Fitness Monday, we're not just turning a page on the calendar—we're reinforcing a year's worth of transformative habits that have nestled into the corners of our homes and hearts. This episode isn't mer...
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